Brian Balmages

Brian Balmages obtained a Bachelor's of Music degree in music industry from James Madison University,{{cite web | url=https://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/composer.shtml | title=JMU Centennial Celebration ~ Portraits in Bluestone Composer, Brian Balmages }} with a focus on trumpet performance, and a Master's of Music in media scoring and production from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.{{cite web |title=Brian Balmages |url=https://www.fjhmusic.com/authors/display.php?id=7 |website=FJH Music Company |access-date=3 December 2023}}

Brian Balmages was the assistant director of bands and orchestras at Towson University. He has been the guest conductor of orchestras around the US, in Canada, Italy, and Australia.

Balmages was the Director of Instrumental Publications for the FJH Music Company for over 20 years.{{cite web | url=https://www.fjhmusic.com/authors/display.php?id=7 | title=FJH Composers & Authors: Brian Balmages }} Currently, he is the Director of MakeMusic Publications and since 2022 the Director of Digital Education for Alfred and MakeMusic.{{cite news|url=https://mmrmagazine.com/site/alfred-music-and-makemusic-announce-brian-balmages-now-part-of-publishing-team/|title=Alfred Music and MakeMusic Announce Brian Balmages Now Part of Publishing Team|first=Christian|last=Wissmuller|date=May 18, 2022|magazine=Musical Merchandise Review}}

• Pele for Solo horn and Wind Ensemble (2004){{cite book|title=American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore|via=Google Books|editor-first1=Christopher|editor-last1=Fee|editor-first2=Jeffrey|editor-last2=Webb|year=2016|page=775|publisher=Abc-Clio |isbn=9781610695688|quote=In 2004, Brian Balmages composed the powerful, haunting Pele for Solo Horn and Wind Ensemble|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXnEDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA775|access-date=December 28, 2019}}
• Moscow 1941 for Concert Band (2006){{cite news|url=https://marion.wickedlocal.com/news/20191221/old-rochester-regional-junior-high-school-holiday-concert|title=Old Rochester Regional Junior High School Holiday Concert|newspaper=Wicked Local Marion|access-date=December 28, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228233907/https://marion.wickedlocal.com/news/20191221/old-rochester-regional-junior-high-school-holiday-concert|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/band-o-rama-guest-conductor-makes-connections-on-many-levels/article_9e1dcf2f-5edb-5f81-bf32-f0ab2c5287e9.html|title=Band-O-Rama guest conductor makes connections on many levels|first=Terry|last=Flores|newspaper=Kenosha News|access-date=December 28, 2019}}
• Apollo for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008)
• Summer Resounding! for Concert Band (2008){{cite news|url=https://lincoln.wickedlocal.com/news/20191209/instrumental-winter-concert-to-take-place-dec-12|title=Instrumental Winter Concert to take place Dec. 12|newspaper=Lincoln Journal|quote=The concert band will perform “Billboard March” by John Klohr, “Antecedium” by Ed Huckeby, and “Summer Resounding” by Brian Balmages.|date=December 9, 2019|access-date=December 29, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228233906/https://lincoln.wickedlocal.com/news/20191209/instrumental-winter-concert-to-take-place-dec-12|url-status=dead}}
• Three Celtic Dances for Concert Band (2008){{cite news|date=August 19, 2015|access-date=December 29, 2019|title=An operatic experience|quote=The Junior Band played “Three Celtic Dances” by Brian Balmages comprising The Reel, The Air and The Jig.|url=https://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/3287649/an-operatic-experience/|location=Young, New South Wales|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229055249/https://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/3287649/an-operatic-experience/|url-status=dead}}
• Arabian Dances for Symphonic Band (2009)
• Elements for Concert Band (2010){{cite news|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/calendar/castleton-university-wind-ensemble/event_439ac17c-f990-11e9-b236-0b1d02e18f00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228233903/https://www.rutlandherald.com/calendar/castleton-university-wind-ensemble/event_439ac17c-f990-11e9-b236-0b1d02e18f00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2019|title=Castleton University Wind Ensemble|newspaper=Rutland Herald|access-date=December 28, 2019}}
• Escape from the Deep (2010) {{cite web |title=Escape from the Deep Brian Balmages - FJH Music Company Inc |url=https://www.jwpepper.com/Escape-from-the-Deep/10091710.item |website=jwpepper.com |access-date=23 November 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Drury |first1=Carole |last2=Whitney |first2=Roger |title=Wiscasset Middle School participates in Honors Festival |url=https://www.wiscassetnewspaper.com/article/wiscasset-middle-school-participates-honors-festival/51324 |access-date=23 November 2023 |agency=Wiscasset Newspaper |date=21 April 2015}}
• Incantation and Ritual for Wind Orchestra (2015){{cite news|url=https://www.sent-trib.com/community/bobcat-bands-in-concert-tonight/article_76f3ea60-1b5c-11ea-a281-b763cdd00551.html|title=Bobcat bands in concert tonight|date=December 10, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019|newspaper=Sentinel-Tribune|archive-date=December 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228233905/https://www.sent-trib.com/community/bobcat-bands-in-concert-tonight/article_76f3ea60-1b5c-11ea-a281-b763cdd00551.html|url-status=dead}}
• Rippling Watercolors for Concert Band (2015){{cite news|first=Hannah|last=Johnson|url=https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/12/out-of-nothing-all-campus-band-showcases-semesters-work-in-concert-tuesday|title='Out of nothing': All-Campus Band showcases semester's work in concert Tuesday|newspaper=Indiana Daily Student|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Brian Balmages Interview |url=https://www.chopsaver.com/brian-balmages-interview/ |website=Chopsaver |date=19 March 2018 |access-date=3 December 2023}}
• Kyiv 2022 (a Sequel to Moscow, 1941), (2022){{cite news|title=Eleven Kelowna school bands combine for Ukrainian concert|date=June 9, 2022|newspaper=Kelowna Daily Courier|quote=The students, from 11 middle and high school bands, will play ‘Kyiv 2022’, written by U.S. composer Brian Balmages. It has been performed in more than 200 cities in five countries.|url=https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_3180d75e-e837-11ec-a37e-ef74f7b9e087.html|access-date=31 October 2022}}

• Into the Arctic{{cite news|url=https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/kent_county_news/spotlight/eastern-shore-wind-ensemble-to-let-it-snow-during-winter/article_bb2097cc-b818-570f-8f00-92a62f9d70b0.html|title=Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble to 'Let it Snow' during winter concert|newspaper=Kent County News|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019|first=Leann|last=Schenke}}
• Sapier's Story{{cite news|url=http://www.daggerpress.com/2010/05/13/bowden-bel-air-high-school-music-tradition-remains-strong/|title=Bowden: "Bel Air High School Music Tradition Remains Strong"|date=May 14, 2010|access-date=December 28, 2019|newspaper=The Dagger}}
• Midnight Mission{{cite news|url=https://www.clantonadvertiser.com/2018/03/09/224020/|title=CMS students chosen for honor bands|newspaper=The Clanton Advertiser|date=March 9, 2018|access-date=December 28, 2019|quote=“Midnight Mission” by Brian Balmages was Williams’ favorite piece of music from her performance. “Different people entered at different times because we were supposed to be secret, and then we had to be silent at times,” Williams said.|first=Joyanna|last=Love}}
• Endless Rainbows{{Cite web|url=https://smnewsnet.com/archives/398072/charles-county-students-participate-in-tri-county-band-chorus-and-orchestra/|title=Charles County Students Participate in Tri-County Band, Chorus and Orchestra|date=January 19, 2016|access-date=December 28, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228233906/https://smnewsnet.com/archives/398072/charles-county-students-participate-in-tri-county-band-chorus-and-orchestra/|url-status=dead}}
• Fanfare Canzonique{{cite book|title=Winds of Change II – The New Millennium: A Chronicle of the Continuing Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind/Band Ensemble|first=Frank|last=Battisti|publisher=Meredith Music|year=2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IipjzEYCRQIC&pg=PT68|page=68|isbn=9781574632040|access-date=December 28, 2019}}
• Groove Music{{Cite web|url=https://www.alfred.com/groove-music/p/98-B1550/ |website=Alfred Music }}

• Backstage Pass for Symphony Orchestra, Concert band, or Jazz band (2015){{cite web |title=The 77th Midwest Clinic, December 20 - 22, 2023 |url=https://www.midwestclinic.org/the-fjh-music-company-new-publications.html |website=The Midwest Clinic |access-date=23 November 2023}}
• It Takes One to Tango for Cello and Orchestra{{Cite news|url=https://wgxa.tv/news/local/georgia-college-to-host-music-plays-and-festival-in-macon|title=Georgia College to host music, plays, and festival in Macon|first=Amaris|last=Jenkins|date=April 15, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019|website=WGXA}}

Balmages resides in Lutherville, Maryland.{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-mcgee-column-0718-story.html|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|title=Flute choir with strong Towson-area connection readies for Orlando, Fla., performance next month|quote=The program will feature selections by Baltimore composers, including a premiere by Douglas Buchanan, who was commissioned to compose a work to honor the flute choir’s founder; Brian Balmages, a Lutherville-based composer with prominent national recognition, and former Baltimore resident Chris Norman.|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=December 29, 2019|first=Courtney|last=McGee}} He is married and has two children.{{cite web |title=Brian Balmages |url=https://www.bandworld.org/ABC/View.aspx?p=WIBCu_Balmages |website=ABC of Central Washington University |access-date=3 December 2023}}

• A. Austin Harding Award from the American School Band Directors Association{{cite web | url=https://www.asbdaband.org/what-we-do/awards/austin-harding-award | title=ASBDA - Austin Harding Award }}
• 2020 NBA William D. Revelli Composition Contest for Love and Light{{cite web | url=https://nationalbandassociation.org/2020-william-d-revelli-composition-contest-winner-announced/ | title=2020 William D. Revelli Composition Contest Winner Announced }}
• James Madison University Distinguished Alumni Award from the School of Visual and Performing Art{{Cite web |title=JMU Alumni Association |url=https://www.alumni.jmu.edu/s/1591/18/interior.aspx?sid=1591&gid=3&pgid=2940 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=www.jmu.edu |language=en}}

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• [https://www.brianbalmages.com/ Official website]
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• [https://blogs.jwpepper.com/the-inside-voice-an-interview-with-brian-balmage An interview with Balmages]

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